Date/Time
Date(s) - Thu 30 April
19:00 - 20:00
Location
Lecture Theatre One (GBLT1), Old Government Buildings, VUW
Speaker: Justin Strauss, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA
Despite hosting a wealth of natural resources, the Arctic Ocean is the last major ocean basin on Earth whose origins remain debated. Rapid warming of the Arctic is making these resources more accessible, setting the stage for future geopolitical controversy.
Here, Associate Professor Strauss will review the current understanding of the tectonic evolution of the Arctic Ocean, particularly the Amerasian Basin, and discuss how his team’s research in northern Canada and Alaska is shedding light on this fundamental geological controversy.
Justin Strauss is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Dartmouth College in NH, USA. He is a sedimentary and structural geologist who is currently on sabbatical at the University of Waikato. Strauss’s research group explores a wide range of geological phenomena, from the evolution of the Precambrian carbonate factory to the displacement history of terranes in accretionary orogens.
This talk will be lived streamed but not recorded: https://vuw.zoom.us/j/93109090641
Contact: wellington@gsnz.org.nz